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EU-US: EDPS welcomes EU-US "Umbrella Agreement" and stresses need for effective safeguards

13 February 2016

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"In his Opinion, published today, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) expressed his support for the EU-US Umbrella Agreement initiative. He recommended three essential improvements in the arrangement designed to set a global precedent for the sustainable sharing and transfer of personal data for law enforcement purposes, and to increase trust between the two strategic partners. He also encouraged other clarifications before the initialled Agreement is signed.

Giovanni Buttarelli, EDPS, said: "Globalisation means that governments are working harder than ever to combat crime which implies more structured sharing of relevant information. The EU-US Umbrella Agreement may set a new international standard. To succeed, we encourage the Parties to carefully consider significant recent developments. They will help to introduce an arrangement fully compatible with the EU constitutional principles, in particular the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights"."

See the full text: EU-US: EDPS welcomes EU-US "Umbrella Agreement" and stresses need for effective safeguards (press release, pdf)

And see: Preliminary Opinion on the agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the protection of personal information relating to the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences (pdf)

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